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PRAGUE, Czech Republic, February 9, 2012 – Romania joined the avast! Million User Club in January, becoming the 30th country to have more than one million active avast! users. At the end of January 2012, the number of active users in Romania reached 1,008,616–more than double the number of users at the end of January 2009. That shows that there are more computer users in this country than vampires.

Active users of avast! in Romania:

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Un nou update oficial avast! Antivirus a fost lansat, versiunea  6.0.1367.

Mai jos lista cu cele mai importante modificari:

•  modulul Script Shield functioneaza cu Google Chrome, toate versiunile Firefox si Acrobat Reader
• imbunatatiri in modulul WebRep (in special pentru IE)
• cresterea stabilitatii in aswSP.sys si avast! sandbox
• modulul File System Shield: imbunatatirea scanarii la inchiderea fisierelor
• avast! Internet Security: un nou motor antispam
• Web Shield and Script Shield: mai multe optiuni configurabile in interfata utilizator
• a fost adaugat avast! Market
• alte corectii legate de securitate si stabilitate

Va recomandam sa actualizati avast! Antivirus la ultima versiune.

Mai multe informatii gasiti in anuntul oficial de pe forumul avast! Antivirus:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=89262.0

Invitam pe toti cei interesati sa testeze ultimele versiuni beta ale suitelor de securitate dedicate serverelor Microsoft Windows:

avast! File Server Security

Avast! File Server Security – include protectie pentru file server si SharePoint
Avast! Email Server Security – include protectie pentru serverele Microsoft  Exchange (2000-2010).

Produsele sunt compatibile cu  toate versiunile Microsoft Server de la Windows 2000 pana la Windows 2008 R2, 32-bit si 64-bit.

Adrese download:
File Server Security: http://files.avast.com/files/beta/6.0.1198/setup_av_srvfile.exe
Email Server Security: http://files.avast.com/files/beta/6.0.1198/setup_av_srvemail.exe

A fost lansata noua actualizare avast! Antivirus – versiunea 6.0.1203.

Modificari in versiunea noua (sursa: avast! forum):

- improved compatibility with Windows Vista SP0/SP1 (activation issues)
- attempt to solve the “Windows Media Player using a red skin” problem
- Firewall: solved the compatibility problem with uTorrent
- improved load time of WebRep IE plugin
- fixed a bug in Google Chrome WebRep plugin causing excessive CPU usage
- improvements in the silent installer
- improved the CommunityIQ sample submission process
- improved detection/removal of the most stubborn rootkits (TDL family)
- various stability and compatibility improvements in the sandbox module
- added new CreditAlert feature (US customers only)
- added Thai and Serbian language packs

Kit-urile de instalare se pot descarca de la adresele:

Free AV: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_av_free.exe
Pro AV: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_av_pro.exe
IS: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_ais.exe

Un scurt istoric al evolutiei virusilor pentru mac pe blog-ul avast.com:

There’s a groovy discussion in the world of Apple about the security of Mac OS. I’ve seen this kind of discussion many times and in most cases it had a quite similar scenario. We won’t go through this entire scenario (although it could be fun), we’ll just summarize the core of it with one phrase that pops up in all these debates: “There are no viruses for Mac OS.”

Let’s take a short excursion through the history of Mac infections.

1982 – A 15-year-old high-school student named Rich Skrenta wrote the Elk Cloner virus that infected Apple II machines. It was first large-scale, self-spreading, and in-the-wild virus ever created. Elk Cloner was a boot-sector virus that displayed following on every 50th boot:

Elk Cloner: The program with a personality

It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes, it’s Cloner!

It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too

Send in the Cloner!

Continuarea aici

A fost lansat primul beta din noul produs avast! Free Antivirus for Mac.

Mai jos descrierea produsului (engleza):

Features:

• On-demand scanning: It’s possible to scan the whole file system, network volumes or a mounted removable volume. You can also run a custom scan. Scan reports are automatically archived and are accessible from the GUI at anytime.
• On-screen alerts: Alert messages are displayed on-screen whenever a threat is detected.
• File Shield: The File Shield scans the binaries of started applications and all files at the time they are modified.
• Web Shield: The Web Shield monitors and filters all HTTP traffic coming from web sites on the Internet. Connections from your web browser are redirected to the Web Shield module. The Web Shield in turn connects to the requested web server and while downloading the content, it simultaneously scans it for viruses and Trojans. Only clean data is delivered to the browser, all malware is stopped before it gets saved on your Mac.
• Mail Shield: The Mail Shield monitors and filters all POP3 and IMAP traffic coming from mail servers on the internet. It does not prevent saving of infected files (doing so could lead to irreversible data loss), it just detects them. The File Shield prevents any infected attachments from causing harm to your system.
• Automatic updates: The scanning engine is automatically updated with our regular VPS database updates.

Known Issues:

• Drag and drop functionality on the Dock icon is not available when the GUI is not running.
• Some of the avast! windows aren’t automatically activated during application start-up and may be hidden behind other application windows.
• Sometimes Apple’s default icon is shown in the Dock and Finder instead of the avast! icon.
• The Growl framework (http://growl.info) is necessary for the pop-up alert functionality. We recommend installing Growl before installing avast!
• Some items in the menus and some buttons in the GUI are greyed out / disabled as their functionality is not yet fully implemented.

Installation & Uninstallation:

• To use the Mail Shield, you need to disable encrypted POP3/IMAP connections in your email client’s settings so the traffic can be scanned. By default, the Mail Shield encrypts all outgoing traffic itself if the mail server supports it (encrypted connections can be forced for selected mail accounts in the Mail Shield settings).
• Uninstallation must be carried out from the application’s menu bar – item “Uninstall avast!”

If you have any comments of feedback, please start a new topic and/or respond to an existing one rather than bloating this particular thread.

Download link: http://public.avast.com/dev/mac-beta1/avast.dmg

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